---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to use of the title \"doctor\""
description: "Requires an individual who uses the title \"doctor\" in connection with a health care profession to designate on specified material, including social media and professional name badges, the health care profession in which the individual earned a doctoral degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3912"
citation: "Oregon HB 3912 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrus Javadi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-06T19:27:51+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bc067ba-75b4-4693-8dff-7b36e897a3f5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3912"
source_hash: "a3af2c4dab7a1361a94cecd9004393f6fb1baca3671980ae90dcc5dd03e404f4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 3912 (2025R1) — Relating to use of the title "doctor"

Requires an individual who uses the title "doctor" in connection with a health care profession to designate on specified material, including social media and professional name badges, the health care profession in which the individual earned a doctoral degree.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3912/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3912/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. — **22–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cyrus Javadi — primary (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-06T19:27:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10T17:30:13+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-08T17:03:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T18:33:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T23:48:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 14, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-14T22:06:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:32:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T20:12:35+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-20T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-16T16:33:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16T21:50:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-17T21:46:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-19T19:52:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-20T18:36:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T18:59:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 450, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bc067ba-75b4-4693-8dff-7b36e897a3f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).